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The Archeology of the Frivolous

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In 1746 the French philosophe Condillac published his <i>Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge</i>, one of many attempts during the century to determine how we organize and validate ideas as knowledge. In investigating language, especially written language, he found not only the seriousness he sought but also a great deal of frivolity whose relation to the sober business of philosophy had to be addressed somehow. If the mind truly reflects the world, and language reflects the mind, why is there so much error and nonsense? Whence the distortions? How can they be remedied?In <i>The Archeology of the Frivolous</i>, Jacques Derrida recoups Condillac's enterprise, showing how it anticipated--consciously or not--many of the issues that have since stymied epistemology and linguistic philosophy. If anyone doubts that deconstruction can be a powerful analytic method, try this.

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The Archeology of the Frivolous, Jacques Derrida, John P. Leavey, Jr.

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Jaar van publicatie
1987
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Titel
The Archeology of the Frivolous
Ondertitel
Reading Condillac
Taal
Engels
Jaar van publicatie
1987
Formaat
Paperback
Aantal pagina's
143
ISBN10
0803265719
ISBN13
9780803265714
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In 1746 the French philosophe Condillac published his <i>Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge</i>, one of many attempts during the century to determine how we organize and validate ideas as knowledge. In investigating language, especially written language, he found not only the seriousness he sought but also a great deal of frivolity whose relation to the sober business of philosophy had to be addressed somehow. If the mind truly reflects the world, and language reflects the mind, why is there so much error and nonsense? Whence the distortions? How can they be remedied?In <i>The Archeology of the Frivolous</i>, Jacques Derrida recoups Condillac's enterprise, showing how it anticipated--consciously or not--many of the issues that have since stymied epistemology and linguistic philosophy. If anyone doubts that deconstruction can be a powerful analytic method, try this.